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Stop Uploading Your Data to Google

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Re: Stop Uploading Your Data to Google

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Post by zahlman »

> Do not use the email address they provide. Use your own domain name

Not a ton of people are already set up for this. I don't feel like I would know how to; I'm a programmer, not an IT guy. And what do you do when the DNS decides you don't deserve a domain name any more?

Also: another great way to deal with cloud storage and syncing to devices etc. is to just not have all those other devices that you'd want to sync to, or be willing to bring them to your main computer physically for syncing. And back up to something in the same physical space. Been working great for me for decades.

Re: Stop Uploading Your Data to Google

#5

Post by al_borland »

zahlman wrote: post #3

> Do not use the email address they provide. Use your own domain name Not a ton of people are already set up for this. I don't feel like I would know how to; I'm a programmer, not an IT guy. And what do you do when the DNS decides you don't deserve a domain name any more? Also: another great way to deal with cloud storage and syncing to devices etc. is to just not have all those other devices that you'd want to sync…

> And what do you do when the DNS decides you don't deserve a domain name any more?

This may be my problem in the future. I bought a domain, set it up on Proton, and started moving my email there, slowly but surely. My mistake, it was a .io domain. Now the future of that TLD is uncertain. Maybe it will be fine, but if not, I don’t want to continue tying more to it, so I’ve been divesting.

I went looking for a decent .com and they are of course hard to come by. Several seem like they were bought 20 years ago, parked, and forgotten about… but who knows, they could be running a mail server and nothing more.

My dad has been running his own for about 20 years. Over the years he’s run into various issues. Mail not being delivered, black listed IPs he had to get cleared up, several host migrations. It’s hardly been set it and forget it. At least he has the option to take it with him when a host goes bad, but I wouldn’t expect the average user to go through all of that. Very few people treat email as a hobby.

Re: Stop Uploading Your Data to Google

#6

Post by parliament32 »

As long as your email is on your own domain, is it really worth the effort? Do a Google Takeout on a regular basis and handle if if the (improbable) event occurs. The likelihood of Google purging your data is basically zero.. we have, what, a half dozen confirmed events over the last decade?

Re: Stop Uploading Your Data to Google

#7

Post by arthurcolle »

parliament32 wrote: post #6

As long as your email is on your own domain, is it really worth the effort? Do a Google Takeout on a regular basis and handle if if the (improbable) event occurs. The likelihood of Google purging your data is basically zero.. we have, what, a half dozen confirmed events over the last decade?

Just set up forwarding to another email provider

I was able to get a full dump of 9+ years of emails last month after setting this up

Zero thinking. If I need to switch later I can set that up on my time

Re: Stop Uploading Your Data to Google

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Post by parliament32 »

arthurcolle wrote: post #7
parliament32 wrote: post #6

As long as your email is on your own domain, is it really worth the effort? Do a Google Takeout on a regular basis and handle if if the (improbable) event occurs. The likelihood of Google purging your data is basically zero.. we have, what, a half dozen confirmed events over the last decade?

Just set up forwarding to another email provider I was able to get a full dump of 9+ years of emails last month after setting this up Zero thinking. If I need to switch later I can set that up on my time

IMO it's less about having an archive; more about being able to receive mail at that address. After all, email address is the root of your identity for basically everything on the web -- what's the plan if every account you have is @gmail.com and Google banishes you? Running it through your own domain means you just re-point it at a different provider and keep trucking.
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